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The area is also sorely lacking in street-level businesses, even relative to the rest of downtown.

The cynical approach would be to join the unrealistic promises game that Republicans are sure to engage in, somehow manage to lock down the MN House/Senate/Governor by 2020, then attempt an aggressive redistricting process that better optimizes the expanding Dem base in the metro relative to the lar...

But, when these ice shelves break off and melt, sea level actually goes down slightly, not up. I don't see how people don't get this. Depends on if it's land ice or sea ice. Last time I checked, ice shelves are by definition over water not land. Oops, was thinking ice sheet/ice shelf could be used ...

But, when these ice shelves break off and melt, sea level actually goes down slightly, not up. I don't see how people don't get this.

Depends on if it's land ice or sea ice.

I still find those billboards to be more offensive.

We appear to have some Hiawatha Lake depth truthers on our hands.

Does anyone know if the Como/18th avenue signal removal is permanent? It felt pretty nice biking through there with a 4-way stop.

Why not aBRT now (it could be done within a year if we set our minds to it) and plans for LRT in the future (maybe in 10-ish years)?

Isn't ~10 years what we would be looking at for rail if we simply followed the current planning process? This isn't going to be done any time soon.

Definitely makes me feel less likely to vote for Reich. Unfortunately, as of the convention his only real opponent seems to have acquired absolutely zero knowledge of city planning or zoning. She could not name a single committee when asked in the Q&A session. It's too bad that Wefel never got ...

Definitely makes me feel less likely to vote for Reich.

Ah, those are the converted silos. The language does make more sense then.

Can someone explain how this has made it in to the transportation budget bill? Is there something unique about Calhoun Isles, or this shady backroom dealing? To me, this almost reads like a backdoor mechanism to further delay SWLRT via statute-enabled litigation. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/tex...

The recommended layout is up: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/www/groups/public/@publicworks/documents/images/wcmsp-198111.pdf They went with 2A (bike lanes, east side parking) south of 31st and 1A (bike lanes, no on-street parking, raised mid-block crossing) north of 31st. The latter portion is goi...

Also a new retail node at the 30th and 4th intersection, interestingly.

I believe they can pass another resolution if they feel a deal can be made. The March 30th deadline was self-imposed.

I'll be emailing McLaughlin about getting this done. SWLRT just cannot keep getting delayed.

Huh? We're talking about efforts to immediately torpedo long-planned infrastructure projects for no good reason. Yes, it's completely 'crazy'. No better word for it.

A fair amount of vulnerable metro Republicans signed on to the FTA letter. I guess I'm not really understanding their political calculus. These are districts with existing transit service! Do they think that their constituents want them to spite other areas of MSP? Hopefully someone finds an effecti...

One of these just got built in Chanhassen. That should be reason enough to deny it.

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The Chanhassen version has better street frontage...

Yeesh, 4 curbs cuts for an assisted living facility?

So this is probably dead: http://www.postbulletin.com/news/politics/high-speed-rail-at-crossroads/article_7adfbe2b-d0c4-50f2-b38f-7172dbf43c08.html But questions are swirling as to what has happened to the rail group. Visitors to North American High Speed Rail Group's website are instead referred to...